Nitta

The Nitta clan was a feudal clan of Heian Empire/Era Japan.

History
The Nitta were a branch of the Minamoto family that settled in Kozuke Province, with the capital at Takasaki. They supported the Kamakura Minamoto against the Taira clan, and in the early 1200s they grew in strength. One of their kin, Nitta Yoshisada, overthrew the Hojo regents in 1333 and in the late 1300s they supported the Date in the war between the Northern Courts and Southern Courts.